Riverside Lights

On a recent trip to Budapest we took a lamplit walk along this part of the river. Someone has obviously given some serious thought as to how best to light this area, as I don’t think such atmospheric illumination is at all likely to happen by accident!

I’m not quite sure what is in the mind of the sentinel onlooker – maybe they are just taking in and appreciating the view.

I decided that the lighting effect I saw was going to be easiest to mature with the strong colours of acrylic paints, so that is what I used for this picture. In general I think this decision was correct – this painting captures well the lighting by the riverbank, and even manages to convey the distinct chill of the December evening. However, the paints I was using dried a bit too quickly, so there are more obvious brush strokes visible than I was hoping for.